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The Breakfast Club star Anthony Michael Hall facing up to seven years in prison for assault

More than 30 years after The Breakfast Club ushered in the era of the Hollywood Brat Pack, one of its stars is facing something far more serious than Saturday detention.

According to TMZ, Anthony Michael Hall, who played brainiac Brian Ralph Johnson in the 1985 teen classic, is facing up to seven years in prison for alleged assault.

The incident in question took place over an open gate at the Playa del Ray, Calif., apartment complex where the 48-year-old actor lives. A neighbour left the gate open, and the Sixteen Candles star confronted him, demanding that he close it.

An altercation followed, and in surveillance footage obtained by TMZ, Anthony can be seen shoving the neighbour to the ground after a heated discussion.

He now faces a charge of felony battery with serious bodily injury after the neighbour claimed he suffered a hurt back and a broken wrist in the altercation.

It's not the first time Anthony has butted heads with this particular neighbour. TMZ reports that in legal documents filed over the September attack, the neighbour says Anthony "shoots him menacing looks and frequently uses his hose to spray him and his patio".

Anthony was previously arrested in 2011 for disturbing the peace. According to TMZ, the neighbour claims that incident, in which Anthony allegedly frightened others in the complex by "screaming obscenities and challenging people to fights in the street", involved him, too.

Although Anthony has continued to act in the decades since The Breakfast Club, he hasn't always had such a smooth Hollywood ride. Find out how he and his fellow '80s castmates fared post-Breakfast in the slideshow below.

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